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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Liang You, San Francisco, CA (US);
Biao He, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Zhidong Xu, San Francisco, CA (US);
David M. Jablons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Liang You, San Francisco, CA (US);
Biao He, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Zhidong Xu, San Francisco, CA (US);
David M. Jablons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to methods of inhibiting the growth of cells, in particular cancer cells, that overexpress Wnt2. The methods comprise contacting the cell with an agent that binds to Wnt2 mRNA or Wnt2 protein, interferes with Wnt2 signaling or inhibits binding of the Wnt2 protein to another protein, such as a Frizzled receptor.